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Where will they - and their cash - go? They have plenty of options. Guernsey, Ireland, the Isle of Man, Jersey, Luxembourg, Monaco and Switzerland all boast no or low taxes for expats, and are all less than a three-hour flight from London. Cast the net wider and there are dozens of countries offering perfectly legal perks and breaks to attract tax exiles. There are more than 45 recognized tax havens, holding up to $7 trillion in assets, and these numbers are growing. According to the Boston Consulting Group, the number of households with assets of $1 million or more swelled...
...gradually crushed by his bleak financial prospects. In the novel's heartbreaking dénouement, Taha dies in a gun battle with police. He had become a radical Islamist, lured into a terrorist group after his hope of becoming a policeman himself was dashed because of his low social standing and lack of political connections...
...have a certain percentage of students meet a predetermined level of math and reading proficiency each year. This is a bit like asking the tortoise to beat the hare. It’s possible, but highly unlikely outside the fairy-tale world of stump-rhetoric. Rather than asking low-income schools to catch-up to institutions soaked in high property taxes, the program should dish out rewards and sanctions based on individual school improvement...
...comparison to other democratic nations around the world, the United States suffers from very low voter turnout. And considering all of the voting issues we’ve faced in the last eight years, any opportunity to help more people vote should be seized. To be sure, the price of postage is only one issue among many—including on-site registration and limited absentee voting—but it’s one that needs to be addressed sooner rather than later. The process of voting by mail needs to be made more straightforward or citizens...
Democrats - Barack Obama added the northernmost state to his list of wins, although voter turnout was low...